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+// Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef QUICHE_EPOLL_SERVER_PLATFORM_API_EPOLL_THREAD_H_
+#define QUICHE_EPOLL_SERVER_PLATFORM_API_EPOLL_THREAD_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "net/epoll_server/platform/impl/epoll_thread_impl.h"
+
+namespace epoll_server {
+
+// A class representing a thread of execution in QUIC.
+class EpollThread : public EpollThreadImpl {
+ public:
+  EpollThread(const std::string& string) : EpollThreadImpl(string) {}
+  EpollThread(const EpollThread&) = delete;
+  EpollThread& operator=(const EpollThread&) = delete;
+
+  // Impl defines a virtual void Run() method which subclasses
+  // must implement.
+};
+
+}  // namespace epoll_server
+
+#endif  // QUICHE_EPOLL_SERVER_PLATFORM_API_EPOLL_THREAD_H_